A tourism publication created by the Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State Armand H. Cote Division in 1944. The publication begins with a lists of "Things To Do" which lists the following: HORSE RACING NARRAGANSETT PARK, located in…

A tourism folder created by the Rhode Island Department of Economic Development, Tourist Promotion Division in 1978. The Recreation section of the folder states the following, "Over 400 miles of coastline help make Rhode Island the heart of salt…

A tourism brochure created by the Rhode Island Development Council in 1961. The brochure opens with the following statement, "Rhode Islanders are justly proud of the independent spirit in which their state was founded. The aura of this proud…

The Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company was a pioneering sewing machine company established in 1875 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The company was dissolved in 1995.See also:Preston Collection photographs (GRS5.7c), circa 1920-1930Rhode Island Historical…

Image of the Lawton Spinning Company, c. 1905 located in Woonsocket at Winter & Pond Streets which was part of the Harris Mill Complex. Building burned ca. 1990. Lawton Spinning Company of Woonsocket incorporated in March of 1898..See…